Jerry Perenchio Quotes
I just don't want to give out interviews. I just hate them. Inevitably, I ended up hurting some people or leaving some names out or getting quoted out of context.
Quotes to Explore
-
Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
-
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
-
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
-
I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.
-
I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
-
I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
-
I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
-
In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
-
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
-
I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
-
The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
-
I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
-
Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
-
The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
-
If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
-
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
-
I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
-
The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
-
Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
-
We need to work tirelessly to help create new jobs and good jobs here in Florida.
-
Building companies involves creating great wealth. If that means I am an oligarch, OK, it's fine. But if being an oligarch is about buying football clubs, it is not for me.
-
How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
-
I just don't want to give out interviews. I just hate them. Inevitably, I ended up hurting some people or leaving some names out or getting quoted out of context.
